This program gives an intense experience of Compositionwork. We will be working in a small group which allows for a personal approach in combination with optimal use of the group process. Next to practical and experiential aspects we will address important theoretical and methodological issues. One module (half a day) is dedicated to understanding the method in terms of the Dialogical Self Theory, conducted by Prof. Dr. Hubert Hermans.

Content

Approaches in Compositionwork:

Process oriented and structure oriented approaches.

Working with the “nowscape” in Compositionwork.

Nowness and embodiment

Work with primary and secondary feelings (Greenberg)

Congruence between experience and the self

Process of externalization in Compositionwork (Konopka & van Beers).

Work with multiplicity of the self: Dialogical Self (Hermans) I-positions.